Two Things at Once
Like a typical elderly woman or man,
I play back the scenes of my life in my mind’s eye -
To yesterday and today from the time love began.
At successes I smile, and at failures I sigh.
It seems like I mostly did what I had to do.
I made it atop the mountains I had to climb.
To do what was really needed, I made it through.
I can do most anything, one step at a time.
Yet there are two things I could never do at once,
Impossible for me, at once, ever to do,
Over all the years, during all twelve months -
To look into your eyes and not love you.
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